TRR24 "Fundamentals of Complex Plasmas"

Complex plasmas are ionized gases that contain particles of nanometer to micrometer size or negative ions and chemically reactive molecules. Such plasmas are of high relevance for a variety of systems ranging from plasmas in space to applications in nanotechnology. Correspondingly, the research programme Transregio 24, which is a cooperative project of the University of greifswald, Kiel University and the Leib­niz In­sti­tu­te for Plas­ma Science and Tech­no­lo­gy
Greifswald, is highly interdisciplinary. Participating scientists include not only plasma physicists but also astrophysicists and material scientists. The questions of interest cover fundamental issues such as the emergence of plasma crystals, phase transitions and the influence of strong magnetic fields, as well as technologically relevant questions such as the growth of nanoparticles and the growth of nano-composite structures in a complex plasma environment.